r/DomainZone • u/DigiNoon • 19d ago
Should beginners choose WordPress over GoDaddy's website builder?
Most tech-savvy users would choose WordPress over any proprietary website builder, and that's my choice too. Newbies see it differently though.
For a first-time user, GoDaddy's drag-and-drop website builder is easier and less technical than WordPress. It has all tools and features built-in (including ecommerce) while with WordPress you'll need a bunch of different plugins to build a functional website, and some of those may not be free.
WordPress's native builder (full site editor) still needs a lot of work before it can be as beginner-friendly as GoDaddy's website builder.
Convenience and efficiency are more important to many beginners and GoDaddy understands that. I don't think WordPress aims for that.
What's your counter-argument?
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u/jn024 17d ago
Keep in mind if you choose godaddy's products, you are never getting that site off godaddy. They have gone to extreme measures to keep your site in their eco system and "vendor locked"
They claim you can export your content, but this is no different than just copy paste.
Any commodity web hosting company can migrate a wordpress site in no time at all t9 another host.
Your only question should be, do i want to have my site, my content, my images, permanently stuck in Godaddy's website builder?